2010 News Article List

Largest Study of Therapeutic Cooling to Reduce Brain Injury After Stroke is Now Underway

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, University of California, San Diego, and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are leading a patient trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health

Los Angeles - Dec. 7, 2010 – The largest clinical trial of therapeutic brain cooling (hypothermia) after stroke has launched, led by researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

This study looks at whether hypothermia can safely be used in elderly stroke patients. In earlier studies, brain cooling...